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entrancelogs2016-02-21 09:36 pm
mviw) wrote in entrancelogs2016-02-21 09:36 pm
"Part of me is the Hang Man, and part of me is the victim." (OPEN!!)
Who: Ford Pines (mviw) his owl and YOU!
Where: Various (Mystery Shack, the Library, & Elsewhere)
When: Gravity Falls Event through Upcoming Memory Event
Rating: PG-13 for potential swearing.
Summary: Ford adjusts to Wonderland by trying to be a shut-in, but his family and new friends have other plans. Also, he has an owl and a driving sense of curiosity.
The Story: Pick a prompt or start your own!
A. "Let's end the charade. This game is over." (CLOSED to Stan) Gravity Falls Event: At night (Backdated)
[Ford always prefers privacy over socialization, so this event is shaping up to be one headache after another. During daylight hours, Ford avoids the tours being given by his brother and instead he spends most of his time in the forest. Illusion though it is, it's a familiar one. At night, unable to sleep as usual, he opens his window to let his owl fly freely while he creeps through the 'house' looking for the basement levels and his journals.
The basement is what he looks for first behind the vending machine... And to his disappointment and frustration, it isn't there.]
Damn.
[It's a hushed utterance followed by a pang of fear. He doesn't like feeling trapped. Of course Wonderland wouldn't provide the portal or its equipment, but... it was worth a try.
Ford hears a sudden noise; probably someone sneaking through the house after hours. Not wanting to explain why he's in his brother's gift shop in the middle of the night, Ford slips behind the cashier counter to wait them out.]
B. "There's a room full of people in your head." (OPEN) Gravity Falls Event: Shack/Forest (Backdated)
[Ford can be found in the house kitchen hoarding orange juice or exiting a room with a mysteriously carved door.
Otherwise, he will be out in the forest assisting both creatures and mansion residents to minimize destruction of his-- well, it's not really his home, but it's close enough. He may be an old science man but he has a laser gun and he knows space karate.]
C. "I don't even know who's at the wheel." (OPEN) Library (Current)
[Ford is spending less time in his room and more time in the library, as of late. Rather than check out books and take them to actual privacy, he's been enjoying the massive volume of information right at his disposal and all that comes with it; the smell of binding and paper, the hushed atmosphere, the sense of awe he's never lost when he knows he can always learn more.
At the chosen table he's set up stacks of books in various piles. The largest pile by far is on birds of prey--specifically owls. In the middle of it all are sheets of paper with doodles of who some might recognize to be his family, but mostly of his owl who he accidentally summoned from the closet several weeks prior. Included in the drawings are scenes from the mansion and Wonderland itself as well.
Not only is he a nerd, but he seems to be quite the artist.]
D. "You've gotta follow the voice you wanna follow." (OPEN) Write your own starter.
mviw) Where: Various (Mystery Shack, the Library, & Elsewhere)
When: Gravity Falls Event through Upcoming Memory Event
Rating: PG-13 for potential swearing.
Summary: Ford adjusts to Wonderland by trying to be a shut-in, but his family and new friends have other plans. Also, he has an owl and a driving sense of curiosity.
The Story: Pick a prompt or start your own!
A. "Let's end the charade. This game is over." (CLOSED to Stan) Gravity Falls Event: At night (Backdated)
[Ford always prefers privacy over socialization, so this event is shaping up to be one headache after another. During daylight hours, Ford avoids the tours being given by his brother and instead he spends most of his time in the forest. Illusion though it is, it's a familiar one. At night, unable to sleep as usual, he opens his window to let his owl fly freely while he creeps through the 'house' looking for the basement levels and his journals.
The basement is what he looks for first behind the vending machine... And to his disappointment and frustration, it isn't there.]
Damn.
[It's a hushed utterance followed by a pang of fear. He doesn't like feeling trapped. Of course Wonderland wouldn't provide the portal or its equipment, but... it was worth a try.
Ford hears a sudden noise; probably someone sneaking through the house after hours. Not wanting to explain why he's in his brother's gift shop in the middle of the night, Ford slips behind the cashier counter to wait them out.]
B. "There's a room full of people in your head." (OPEN) Gravity Falls Event: Shack/Forest (Backdated)
[Ford can be found in the house kitchen hoarding orange juice or exiting a room with a mysteriously carved door.
Otherwise, he will be out in the forest assisting both creatures and mansion residents to minimize destruction of his-- well, it's not really his home, but it's close enough. He may be an old science man but he has a laser gun and he knows space karate.]
C. "I don't even know who's at the wheel." (OPEN) Library (Current)
[Ford is spending less time in his room and more time in the library, as of late. Rather than check out books and take them to actual privacy, he's been enjoying the massive volume of information right at his disposal and all that comes with it; the smell of binding and paper, the hushed atmosphere, the sense of awe he's never lost when he knows he can always learn more.
At the chosen table he's set up stacks of books in various piles. The largest pile by far is on birds of prey--specifically owls. In the middle of it all are sheets of paper with doodles of who some might recognize to be his family, but mostly of his owl who he accidentally summoned from the closet several weeks prior. Included in the drawings are scenes from the mansion and Wonderland itself as well.
Not only is he a nerd, but he seems to be quite the artist.]
D. "You've gotta follow the voice you wanna follow." (OPEN) Write your own starter.
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Oh, of course we could! I'd need a full lab and cloning apparatus but it can definitely be done. Imagine real flying pigs.
[Ford why are you telling this to Mabel what are you doing]
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[she clutches her little heart dramatically, her tone taking on a mock-grave quality.] It's been a surprisingly hurtful part of my childhood.
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I'll make sure that'll never happen again. When they say, "when pigs fly" you'll be able to tell them they'd better pay up.
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Ohmigosh. And we can make Waddles a flying pig girlfriend! ...I mean I'll have to finalize the divorce between him and Gompers first, but I think that relationship was doomed to failure.
[she sighs, a little sadly.] Can't win 'em all, Mabel.
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Uh, but-- speaking of... failure... Mabel, there's something I've been meaning to talk to you about. [It's about time, really, but he's been putting it off for weeks. His smile, like Stan's optimism in the early 1970s, fades.]
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Still, she offers a tiny smile, trying to be positive, even if Ford clearly isn't.]
This sounds like a conversation that's gonna require a lot of ice cream after.
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I think ice cream should come after all conversations, am I right? [Ha ha... weak laughter at a bad joke...]
Uh. Mabel... I wanted to talk to you about what happened with Dipper in the forest... weeks ago...
[Here goes. He rips the figurative bandaid off.]
--I should have done a better job of protecting you kids. I'm sorry.
[He is so, so sorry. :( ]
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Oh...
Well, that's unexpected, and for a moment, she's left at a loss- not because she's upset at the grim reminder, but because she actively has to reach back into the vault in her brain she shoves all the dark things in and remember which "thing in the forest" he's talking about. Her shoulders slump.] It wasn't your fault. Dipper and I never should have taken the risk. Wirt warned us what would happen, and he was right.
[so really the fault lies with her and Dipper. they both know that and they both made peace with that. and somehow in all of that, it didn't occur to her that their foolishness got Stan and Ford killed too.]
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Mabel... It's really good of you to understand that. We all should have listened to Wirt. But... just like you kids should take responsibility for your actions, I should for mine. I'm the other adult in your kids' lives and I did a really terrible job acting like it. When I found you kids out there, I should have put my foot down and taken you back, but I didn't.
[Ford sighs.] We all got a little ahead of ourselves. The important thing is we know that now and... and we're gonna be okay. I just hope I can live up to be the really awesome Grunkle you kids deserve.
[And. Not get them killed. Or maimed. But still be fun!]
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she beams. as far as she's concerned, the less said about it the better, and while she knows stan and ford being protective and better role models might cut into her and dipper's adventuring, it's... not really a bad thing to know they have their backs. that's what family does.]
Hey, I already thought you were pretty cool, so you don't have to try that hard to impress me.
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But... I'm glad you already thought I was pretty cool. [THAT'S SOMETHING...]